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ASAT Solutions Inc. – Introducing
the DAPmini™ as the Ideal
Companion to GE D20 RTUs
Calgary, Alberta, Canada – ASAT Solutions
Inc. introduced its latest product, DAPmini™,
at the DistribuTECH 008 Conference and
Exhibition in Tampa, Florida.
DAPmini™ is the latest addition to ASAT’s
Digital Automation Platform (DAP) product
family. It addresses the increasing information
needs of utility customers while leveraging
existing automation infrastructure.
With a form factor that fits into a D 0 chassis,
DAPmini™ was developed for upgrading the
popular GE D 0 RTU with minimized effort,
hardware and software changes, risks and
costs, making Ethernet communication and
HMI the integral features of D 0 RTUs.
DAPmini™ enables utility users to further
utilize the existing D 0 assets, and migrate
the existing infrastructure to be part of the
future Smart Grid.
The GE D 0 RTU has been the most robust,
reliable and popular RTU for utility SCADA
application over the last two decades.
However, many users are facing one or more
of the following challenges:
• The D 0 RTUs are still running well
but users need more processing power,
memory and functionalities to meet their
growing needs.
• A complete replacement of D 0 RTUs is
not a practical option in near term
• There is a need
– for a practical migration path from
your D 0 RTUs to the next-generation
substation automation platform for
enabling Smart Grid
– to add Ethernet capability to the
D 0 RTUs
– for an ease-of-use HMI for
visualization of substation information
– for IP-based remote maintenance and
diagnostic capability
– to integrate Ethernet and serial
based IEDs in the substations
– to address access security of the
D 0 RTUs
– for a D 0 upgrade solution with
minimized hardware and software
change, minimized re-commissioning
and outage duration, and minimized
risks and costs.
DAPmini™ provides a plug-and-play solution
and a non-disruptive migration approach for
upgrading the D 0, and features:
• PowerPC embedded CPU
• Linux .6 operating system
• MySQL database
• x Ethernet LANs
• 4x RS- 3 /485/4 serial communication
• Full graphic HMI functions
• SCADA and relay protocols library
• IRIG-B input and output
• Data traffic monitor and protocol
interpreter functions
• IP-based remote Wesmaint to D 0
• Routing and firewall
for more information:
Email: info@asatsolutions.com
www.asatsolutions.com
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Cooper Power Systems Presents
Secure Substation IED Access with
Cybectec Enterprise Solutions
Secure Passthrough reduces costs and service
restoration delays
Cooper Power Systems announces the
introduction of the new Enterprise
Passthrough Manager, a module of Cybectec
Enterprise Solutions. Enterprise Passthrough
Manager provides an enterprise-level secure
single point of access to IEDs for maintenance
and engineering.
Enterprise Passthrough Manager includes a
client, installed on users’ workstations, and a
server, installed in a central location, which
manages connections between remote IEDs
and users on the corporate network. With
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Enterprise Passthrough Manager, users can
access IEDs via native vendor tools, with
comprehensive access control.
Cybectec Enterprise Solutions manages all
IEDs and communication gateways from one
convenient location where device passwords,
configuration, history and user access
logs are kept.
“With Enterprise Passthrough Manager,
authorized users connect to substation devices
as if they were in the substation” explains
Jonathan Piel, Cooper Power Systems’ Global
Product Director of Substation Automation.
“Even better, the system keeps a trace of all
communication exchanges with the substation
devices. It provides the unique unifying solution
to the NERC CIP requirement for maintaining a
user audit trail with diverse legacy equipment.
Enterprise Passthrough Manager’s security
features permit choosing access rights in
groups or down to the single device. Harmful
commands can also be filtered out, to protect
IEDs against mistakenly sent commands or
internal sabotage attempts.
“Being able to hide IED and gateway
passwords from users effectively prevents
users from logging on the devices from outside
the Cybectec Enterprise Solutions system,”
states Pierre-Luc Simard, Technology
Architect for the Cybectec product line.
“With Cybectec Enterprise Solutions, we
are going beyond NERC CIP. We are offering
added value to utilities for their investment
in a centralized, secure system.”
Cybectec Enterprise Solutions includes
automated event retrieval with Enterprise
Event Manager and centralized NERC CIPcompliant
security with Cybectec Security
Server. Utilities that use Cybectec Enterprise
Solutions improve the reliability of their
network, reduce their downtime and protect
their network against cyber-attackers.
Cooper Power Systems, Inc., with revenues of
approximately $1 billion, is a division of Cooper
Industries, Ltd. (NYSE: CBE). Cooper Power
Systems is a global manufacturer of worldclass
power delivery and reliability solutions
for the electrical and industrial markets.